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., japan, and others. when you are trying to sanction iran, no matter how powerful you are and how much we can do, it is imperative that we get the international community to support it. otherwise, there is too much leakage. we have limited that, and i feel strongly that we are making an impact. >> thank you, and i request written responses that you offered to the questions that you are not able to answer because i have so many, including the deposition of the libyan officials, which is so timely. my good friend, the ranking member. >> i want to commend my colleagues on the committee the speech that secretary clinton gave in addition to her estimate -- excellent testimony, but yesterday, going to the human rights council, where she discussed libya, iran, and other issues come up quite a remarkable presentation, particularly in pointing out ypocrisy of ouriran's condemnations of libya. i would like asked -- try to get into issues in this short time. one, the israeli-palestinian process. the question, and i
., japan, and others. when you are trying to sanction iran, no matter how powerful you are and how much we can do, it is imperative that we get the international community to support it. otherwise, there is too much leakage. we have limited that, and i feel strongly that we are making an impact. >> thank you, and i request written responses that you offered to the questions that you are not able to answer because i have so many, including the deposition of the libyan officials, which is...
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the scale of the tragedy is staggering, but japan will recover. japan will not stand alone. it has not stood alone. we in the u.s. are close friends with japanese people and i'm very proud of how our country has responded to this crisis and proud of how the nuclear regulatory commission staff has responded. the staff has demonstrated expertise and selflessness of the last 10 days. i applaud their outstanding efforts. the commission will receive an update on the nuclear situation in japan. there will be important lessons learned from the fukushima plant. this meeting of the first of many as we engage to understand the issues and address those issues to ensure the safety of u.s. nuclear power plants. i look forward to working with my partners on the commission to do so. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. this is an important meeting. i want to join my colleagues and sending my personal sympathies to the people of japan. the consequences and loss of life are devastating. our thoughts and prayers are with all. i would like to commend the chairman, the executive director o
the scale of the tragedy is staggering, but japan will recover. japan will not stand alone. it has not stood alone. we in the u.s. are close friends with japanese people and i'm very proud of how our country has responded to this crisis and proud of how the nuclear regulatory commission staff has responded. the staff has demonstrated expertise and selflessness of the last 10 days. i applaud their outstanding efforts. the commission will receive an update on the nuclear situation in japan. there...
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japan happened. i went to japan. i stayed up all night and then went to libya. if i did not love the material, i do not know what i would do. >> ask for a raise. [applause] >> my name is a jean claude. i'm a freshman. my question is, in the beginning of your career, being a pioneer for women, the few ever anticipate the amount of success he had acquired thus far? >> you are very kind. i never thought in those terms at all. i did not know where it was selling. i was always just doing a modicum of panic. i remember -- i won't give you his name. he pulled me in one day. he said, are you sure you want to do this because i do not think he will be able to go very far here. i remember looking at him and thinking, that is ok. that is all right. i never saw a career. i just saw what i got to do that day, that year. quite good for you. >> zek -- i am an alum. my question would be, when martin asked where you give your information, you only mentioned u.s. or american base media. is that to say you do not obtain information from foreign based media outlets? >> i do, but i t
japan happened. i went to japan. i stayed up all night and then went to libya. if i did not love the material, i do not know what i would do. >> ask for a raise. [applause] >> my name is a jean claude. i'm a freshman. my question is, in the beginning of your career, being a pioneer for women, the few ever anticipate the amount of success he had acquired thus far? >> you are very kind. i never thought in those terms at all. i did not know where it was selling. i was always just...
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it is about japan. they are the second-largest creditor after china. you think there is any risk that in order to respond to the disaster and report -- that they will have to reserve to selling some of their treasury holdings to raise cash? does this have any impact on treasury prices in u.s. interest rates? >> we should all extend our thoughts and concerns. it is an extraordinary challenge for them. it is a very high savings rates. there is not only the humanitarian challenge, but the construction challenges. >> thank you for joining us today. short of overall reform, what steps could you take today short of the two-year. -- two-year period. >> there are things that we can do to help gradually phase out the government's role. the way, there is clarity. better disclosure requirements, things like that. those conditions are very important. we think we can begin the process right now. >> that would be an administrative action compared to a congressional action? >> there are several reforms we have laid out to winding down the government's role. most of t
it is about japan. they are the second-largest creditor after china. you think there is any risk that in order to respond to the disaster and report -- that they will have to reserve to selling some of their treasury holdings to raise cash? does this have any impact on treasury prices in u.s. interest rates? >> we should all extend our thoughts and concerns. it is an extraordinary challenge for them. it is a very high savings rates. there is not only the humanitarian challenge, but the...
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we don't know what happened in japan. we know about the earthquake and the tsunami but we don't know enough about the systems and what has worked and failed. but we need to study and learn and make sure we continue to have safe, reliable, queen nuclear energy in the united states. let me kind of come to a conclusion here about saying this. we've republicans need to be careful when we talk about cutting spending and we talk about not raising taxes. in fact in my view i would propose cutting taxes. today in the world we have a global battle for capital yet because of our mistaken tax codes we have a trillion dollars of u.s. money stranded overseas and to our multinational corporations just sitting and it's either going to sit there or it's when to be invested in the foreign economies in europe and asia and south america. we need to repatriate that trillion dollars. we need to tell these companies bring this money home, bring it home tax-free. because that money isn't coming home. we need that money to come home to build new
we don't know what happened in japan. we know about the earthquake and the tsunami but we don't know enough about the systems and what has worked and failed. but we need to study and learn and make sure we continue to have safe, reliable, queen nuclear energy in the united states. let me kind of come to a conclusion here about saying this. we've republicans need to be careful when we talk about cutting spending and we talk about not raising taxes. in fact in my view i would propose cutting...
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we've borrowed from our enemies or our competitors -- china, japan, and the tyrants in the middle east. there is no end in sight, and the president's own budget, he has got to in years of deficit. he will add more to the national debt in his four years than all presidents or him combine. what is washington doing? thank god for the tea party. i noticed -- [applause] thank god for paul ryan and the republican party and steve king and others. washington is not about leadership. washington is not about the people. washington is about money and reelection. had he figured it out? -- have you figured it out? i will tell you a story, the nation is hurting, and washington, d.c., is a boom town. how does that grab you? i tell you what they are addicted to. special interest money, all i want is access money, wall street money, to be to fail money. union money, the pac money, pac money back money, corporate money, a pharmaceutical money, all subsidy money, ethanol subsidy money, insurance money, tort reform money. the system is institutionally corrupt. where are the people? they're left that. i go
we've borrowed from our enemies or our competitors -- china, japan, and the tyrants in the middle east. there is no end in sight, and the president's own budget, he has got to in years of deficit. he will add more to the national debt in his four years than all presidents or him combine. what is washington doing? thank god for the tea party. i noticed -- [applause] thank god for paul ryan and the republican party and steve king and others. washington is not about leadership. washington is not...